Elizabeth II (Elisabeth Mary) 1926 - Queen of the United Kingdom
- 1649 - The Maryland Toleration Act was passed, allowing all freedom of worship.
- 1836 - General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. This battle decided the independence of Texas.
- 1898 - The Spanish-American War began.
- 1943 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots had been executed by the Japanese.
- 1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva (Svetlana Stalina) defected in New York City. She was the daughter of Joseph Stalin..
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